Maduro’s arrest a “slap” to Beijing and a message to Tehran
Donald Trump’s announcement of Nicolás Maduro’s arrest is aimed not only at the Caracas regime, but at China’s energy and trade strategy
From Noriega to Maduro: How the U.S. removed a sitting president from his country
As the BBC notes, the U.S. operation in Venezuela has no modern historical precedent, though comparisons are being drawn with the overthrow of Manuel Noriega in Panama in 1989
Trump says US has ‘captured’ President Maduro following Caracas strikes
Maduro was arrested along with his wife by commandos of the elite Delta Force unit, following U.S. military raids in Caracas – He had been wanted since 2020 for the large-scale trafficking of drugs into the United States
